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Lemon Rice
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Lemon Rice

10 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Lemon Rice

This is one of favourite comfort food which is so simple to make and the flavours, amazing!! Coming from a place where rice is staple diet, there are some amazing things you can do to rice to give a zing, a zang and a twist to the same white rice.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

347
Calories
14g
Protein
1g
Fat
71g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Water not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Basmati Rice: 2 cups( cooked in 2 cups of water and leave it cool).
  • 1 Big lemon: Squeeze the juice and keep it aside.
  • For tempering:
  • 2 sprigs fresh curry leaves
  • 1 tsp each of mustard seeds, black gram lentils, yellow split lentils.
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 2 green chillies
  • 1 inch ginger cut into very small pieces
  • 1/4th cup groundnuts and cashewnuts(optional)
  • 1 tbsp of sunflower oil

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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